PREVENTIVE SCREENINGS
Even if you feel fine, you should see your primary care provider for regular health screenings. Since many health conditions cause no symptoms in their earliest stages, screenings can help you get earlier treatment and a better outcome. Not sure which screenings you need? Below is a helpful overview:
AGE REASON SCREENING DETAILS
18+ Annual Well Visit
A good relationship with your PCP (Primary Care Provider) is important for your ov erall health. The plan covers an annual physical/well visit at no charge if you stay in network!
• Yearly screening for hypertension in adults 40 years or older and for adults at increased risk for hypertension (such as Black persons, persons with high-normal blood pressure, or persons who are overweight or obese).
18+ High Blood Pressure
• Screening less frequently (i.e., every 3 to 5 years) is appropriate for adults aged 18 to 39 years not at increased risk for hypertension and with a prior normal blood pressure reading.
• Women ages 21–29: Pap Smear every 3 years.
21+ Cervical Cancer
35–70 Diabetes / Prediabetes
40+ Breast Cancer
• Women ages 30–65: Every 3 years with Pap Smear alone , every 5 years with high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing alone, or every 5 years with hrHPV testing in combination with Pap Smear (cotesting).
• The American Diabetes Association recommends universal screening for prediabetes and diabetes, using a fasting plasma glucose level OR
• Oral glucose tolerance test OR
• HbA1c level, for all adults 45 years or older, regardless of risk factors at least every 3 years.
Mammography at least every other year, starting at age 40. BHealthyCare covers your mammogram yearly!
Choose how you get screened from the following!
• Colonoscopy every 10 years OR
• FOBT test or FIT test every year OR
45+ Colorectal Cancer
50–80 Lung Cancer
55–69 Prostate Cancer
All Ages Periodic Health Evaluations
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years OR
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 10 years with FIT every year OR
• CT Colonography every 5 years ) OR
• Cologuard (DNA stool screening) every 3 years.
Note:Screeningmaybeginearlierifyouareathighriskforcolorectalcancer.
Low-Dose CT chest for adults with 20 pack/year smoking history and currently smoke, or quit within the past 15 years.
The decision to undergo periodic prostate-specific antigen (PSA)–based screening for prostate cancer should be an individual one. Discuss with your doctor.
BHealthyCare Health Plan strongly recommends annual wellness visits with your primar y care provider for a full medical history, blood work, and physical. Make an appointment today!
